two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame

I really can’t angle any other point into Dems caving in right now, which means all the actual suffering and anxiety will have been for nothing, other than Schumer seeing those Dem wins especially Mamdani’s and wanting to sabotage any progressive momentum in his party and keep his lobbied ass safe.

Reminder that police departments are still settling abuse lawsuits from #BLM protests that were only winnable because cops wear badges and no masks.

Is this how the fall of Rome felt? Utterly cruel while also being pointlessly stupid.

Gotta say, counting "We got them to agree that a law passed in 2019 is still the law" as a victory is some real learned helplessness

“The GOP lied and stole your healthcare. We will fight back. Will you chip in $5 to help stop the GOP in the 2026 midterms?” 🙃

when you're on LSD trying to act normal in line for the bathroom but you remember that infused preroll in your pocket

The NASA Technical Report Server is not being updated due to funding cuts. This is a disaster. 🧪 🔭

apropos of nothing, here’s a photo of a young chuck schumer attending trump lawyer & confidante (& joe mccarthy associate) roy cohn’s birthday party at studio 54, in 1979

You only got a handshake deal to have a vote in the Senate only at some point in the future

So it turns out that airports in the US are deeply dependent on money from the federal govt and they basically can't exist without it. Socialism, man. It's where you least expect it, but you should expect it because private businesses don't fund shit. Taxpayers do.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 2,379 times, hi, I'm @schumer.senate.gov.

Seriously. literal snowflakes likely unable to function (I hope) in the kind of weather & conditions we regard as typical. Outside ICE Broadview, I always see 2 big black vehicles (⬇️ from 10/3)—crosses between a jeep & tank, and I’m like, “good luck digging that out of 16 inches of snow, assholes!”

We have gullible non-serious people with no clue what we are up against.

Extremely our misfortune that the only person in America worse at making deals than Donald Trump is Chuck Schumer

Documentary explores whether JMW Turner may have been neurodivergent

NYT Editorial: Move Over Mamdani, Chuck Schumer Is The New Face of The Democratic Party

I am amazed by the people who don't think this is going to further radicalize the left. Talk about not reading the room at all.

Rewatched ‘V for Vendetta’ the other day, it’s always been a favorite This movie came out in 2006 & if you have never watched it or haven’t watched it in a while, might be time to watch it bc let me tell you…it’s uncanny how many parallels there are to reality today

Whichever high profile Dem announces a primary challenge to Schumer first has the advantage.

“The media is so strongly influenced by the images that are its own creation” - Robert Caro in The Power Broker on how the New York Times and other newspapers spent 35 years never questioning or investigating the most powerful man in New York

if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.

Truly amazing that any time the democrats have to bite the bullet and do something that ruins countless lives, there's always *just* enough votes to get it done, but if there is a vote on something that would actually improve people's lives, they are always one vote short. Crazy how that happens.

It really does seem like there's a decent chance that these senators screwed us because they don't want their personal Thanksgiving plans to be disrupted.

We should bring back the Delphic Oracle and try using it to give advice to leaders and states. One possessed woman passing out cryptic poetry on a mountain top would not produce anything worse.

These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.

Ooh.

Saw Trachtenberg confirm that PREDATOR: BADLANDS takes place after ALIEN: RESURRECTION (2381), which occurs 260 years after ALIEN (2122), meaning BADLANDS is the farthest along in both the ALIEN and PREDATOR franchises. Very interesting, and leaves the door wide open for them to explore stuff.

NEW: Following the Trump administration’s weekend actions, the states suing over the SNAP benefits went back to court in Massachusetts on Sunday night, seeking a TRO to block the admin from acting on its penalty threats to states making full payments. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?

Heads, he wins. Tails, we lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

Chuck Schumer you are currently being obliterated by "Fox Trot"

Every single person in Chicago has more courage of their convictions than Dick Durbin

This is why it's a bad idea to vote for millionaires. They're working for the 1%, not THE PEOPLE. Enough.

In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...

Hey Dems? Those victories? In part because you were actually DOING SOMETHING FOR A CHANGE. Please don't back down now. We cannot live this way until the midterms. You are right to fight for health care.

Centrist Dems CAVE For a MAGA "Inshallah" That Will Never Happen Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus? With @muellershewrote.com thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...

Wow, to know it was only four brief days ago when I felt exultant

Chuck Schumer is about to lose his job (positive).

Please see yourself out, @schumer.senate.gov.

"We don't want people to go hungry or miss another paycheck. But we *are* okay with them dying a little more slowly, without healthcare." This is so bleak.

“Overriding of ordinary civil liberties is one of the sign posts on the road to dictatorship.” - Margaret Atwood The warning lights are flashing. #60minutes

Trump administering an oath of allegiance to the Constitution is ironic in general but in DC in particular I’m not sure what other response you’d expect.

Agreeing to this deal demands a primary challenge.

Great, cannot wait to wake up to fundraising emails with subject lines like “we’re not giving up!” asking me for $3 after completely letting us down.

Note the timing of this Dem capitulation: Not when Americans are in food pantry lines, only when they're in TSA lines. And there it is, folks. The AA CEO made the call.

This idea that the bbc is left leaning! What world are its critics living in?! It’s at the very very least right of centre in its news coverage

Note: according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the US government will pay $138 billion this year on ACA subsidies. The US population is 347 million. If Trump sends that money to citizens to pay for their own doctors and surgeries and pills, that works out to $397.70 per person.